Sadly, I am no longer employed by IBM, so this blog which started as a team blog for the IBM Business Partner Technical Strategy Enablement (IBPTSE) Telecom team no longer represents IBM in any shape or form. As I became the Chief Telecom Architect for IBM for the WebSphere brand worldwide, I continued to write posts. The WebSphere brand merged into the new Cloud brand in 2015 and I retained the same role working with Telcos all around the world to design software solutions to solve their business problems. I left IBM in 2017 and am now working for DGIT Systems , a small IT company focused on helping Telcos be more agile through alignment with TMForum Frameworx - particularly for Order Management and Fulfilment solutions. My hope is to continue/resurrect this blog on Telecom business issues and technology.

Impact 2010 Keynote

Well, I'm here! Las Vegas for this year's Impact conference. As I sit here listening to Steve Mills talk about IBM's BPM and SOA strategy since 2002 and it strikes me that the basic story around SOA and BPM has not changed in all that time. Sure things have changed, but those changes represent growth on top of the same SOA & BPM story. A key add on that Steve is talking about now is the Smarter Planet initiative which was launched in 2008 and build on the SOA basics to really improve our world.

I'm really looking forward to this week, to see the latest and greatest from IBM, IBM Business Partners and Customers.#ibmimpact